Community-based mandate for sports dome

Co-chair Jean-Gilles Laroque also eased fears that the Rainbow School Board's heavy involvement in the dome up to this point may give nearby schools — Lasalle and Carl Nesbitt Public School — an unfair advantage when it comes to booking times at the facility.

"But again, Rainbow District School Board has in mind, along with the Fabio Belli Foundation, that this is for the community, not for a specific school board," he said.

"I work for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board, so I personally hope we would have access."

The group hopes to start construction on the dome sometime this year, with it fully operational in 2019.